This fine biography of H. L. Mencken tells of how he rose to his unique position as comic genius and pre-eminent critic of American culture. It is the story of a man whose massive power of invective inspired and infuriated his contemporaries and whose popularity and unpopularity mounted with the frenzied pace of the 1920s. Mencken sounded a loud, jarring note to a world governed by conformity and never hesitated to express his contempt for every kind...

A biography of the statesman, scientist, inventor, and writer well-known in America and Europe during his lifetime.

Presents in comic strip form the lives and careers of two renowned baseball players.

The lives and flying careers of Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart are briefly shown in cartoon format with text.

Presents the lives of the first and third Presidents of the United States in comic strip form.

Presents in comic strip form the lives and careers of two members of minority groups who struggled against all odds to become outstanding athletes.

Presents the lives of two important inventors in comic strip form.

A biography of the woman who became one of the world's most respected and foremost anthropologists through her studies of primitive cultures.